Taubacrex

Taubacrex; Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan); ~23 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Family:	†Quercymegapodiidae
Genus:	†Taubacrex; Alvarenga 1988
Species:	†T. granivora
Binomial name
	†Taubacrex granivora; Alvarenga 1988

Taubacrex is an extinct genus of birds of the family Quercymegapodiidae from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene (Deseadan) of the in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The type species is Taubacrex granivora. In the original description, Herculano Alvarenga classified it as a member of family Rallidae. It provides the earliest fossil record of gastroliths in birds of the order Galliformes.^[1]

References[]

^ Mayr, Gerald (2009) Paleogene Fossil Birds. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3540896272

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[Mayr2009-1] Mayr, Gerald (2009) Paleogene Fossil Birds. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3540896272

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